Life satisfaction, loneliness and related factors during female midlife

Maturitas

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-92

  Fernández Alonso, Ana M ^a   Trabalón Pastor, Martina ^a   Vara, Carmen ^a   Chedraui, Peter ^b   Pérez López, Faustino R ^c  

^a HOSPITAL TORRECÁRDENAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction index; Loneliness; Menopause; Menopause rating scale; Midlife; Quality of life; UCLA loneliness scale

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONELINESS; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SPAIN; UCLA LONELINESS SCALE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; LONELINESS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; POVERTY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPAIN; URBAN HEALTH; WEIGHT GAIN;

UCLA;

EID: 84859558286     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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